UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR Question paper

Q.Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain ?

Q.Early Buddhist Stupa-art, while depicting folk motifs and narratives successfully expounds Buddhist ideals. Elucidate ?

Q.Highlight the Central Asian and Greco -Bactrian elements in Gandhara art ?

THEME 4 🔥 BUDDHISM

Q.Sufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Hindu/Muslim societies to any appreciable extent. Comment.?

Q.The Bhakti movement received a remarkable re-orientation with the advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Discuss ?

Q.Evaluate the nature of the Bhakti literature and its contribution to Indian culture ?